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[osdn starter] February 03, 2003
Date: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 03:00:55 EST
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Slashdot
Major Step Forward For SVG in the Desktop
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/129215
[0]Ur@eus writes "SVG the w3c format for Scalable Vector Graphics is
seen as many as the future of desktop icons as it allows for scaling
icons etc. without loss of quality. Dominic Lachowicz has been working
hard on fixing bugs in [1]librsvg over the last few days. The result is
that librsvg now renders all available SVG icons perfectly. Not only do
it render them, but it renders them faster than libpng renders the same
images in png format. Together with the gdkpixbuf plugin librsvg offer
it means GNOME 2.2 will be able to use SVG images not only for icons or
desktop backgrounds, but also for the GUI widgets themselves and the
graphics of the window manager. Dom's announcement can be found [2]on
the librsvg mailinglist. The librsvg site also offer a [3]GNOME 2.2
metatheme using mostly SVG icons including a nice screenshot."
Links
0. mailto:uraeus@gnome.org
1.
http://librsvg.sf.net/
2.
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=1603055&forum_id=12476
3.
http://librsvg.sourceforge.net/theme.phpBuilding A High End Quadro FX Workstation http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/1224221
An anonymous reader writes "FiringSquad has an article detailing some
of the differences between [0]building a high-end workstation and a
high-end gaming system. They go into things like ECC memory, and the
difference between professional and gaming 3D cards. The Quadro FX 2000
coverage is particularly interesting -- the system with the Quadro FX
2000 was never louder than 55 dB!"
Links
0. http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardware/workstation/default.asp
Paper Mounted CPUs
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/126234
[0]Roland Piquepaille writes "Rafe Needleman discovered an interesting
young Swedish company which is printing really cheap chips. "The
company, [1]Cypak, has technology to mount a very small microprocessor,
which it created, on paper (or inside a credit card), as well as a
technique to print sensors, switches, and very short-range antennae on
the same paper, using special conductive inks." Here is one possible
application designed for drug trials. "Drug trials need data about how
and when subjects consume the drugs being tested. In this application,
a pill pack registers when individual pills are popped out of their
plastic bubbles; it then can beep and ask the user a question like,
'Are you feeling better today? Press Yes or No.' (The answer buttons
are on the pack itself.) When the patient visits the doctor, the
package is placed on a Cypak reader and the data is downloaded to the
physician's computer." Visit [2]this page for more information about
Cypak or read the full [3]Business 2.0 article."
Links
0.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/
1.
http://www.cypak.com/
2.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/2003/02/03.html
3.
http://www.business2.com/articles/web/0,1653,46893,00.html
Digital Media Consumer Rights Act
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/0140215
[0]irabinovitch writes "Representatives Rick Boucher and John Doolittle
introduced the DMCRA which would to quote the EFF would "require
labelling requirements for usage-impaired "copy-protected" compact
discs, as well as several amendments to 1998's infamous Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)." We always seem to complain about the
DMCA around here now is our chance to change it! [0] Check out this
"Action Alert" at the EFF."
Links
0. http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2421
Card Makers Say UK Citizens Want Biometric ID Cards http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/0031237
ArsonPanda writes "[0]ZDnet is running a story on a recent survey in the UK showing overwhelming 80% public support of universal, biometricly enhanced citizen ID cards. Everybody here's fine with supplying the gubmit w/ your retinal scans and fingerprints, right?" Links
0. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2129590,00.html
Don't Sever A High-Tech Lifeline for Musicians http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/0134243
Licensed2Hack writes "[0]Janis Ian, who provided [1]this slashdot
interview last September, has written [2]this editorial in the [3]Los
Angeles Times. Janis says, "After I first posted downloadable music, my
merchandise sales went up 300%. They're still double what they were
before the MP3s went online." And the RIAA's stated goal in preventing
this type of activity with their lawsuit against Verizon is to increase
sales..."
Links
0.
http://janisian.com/
1.
http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/23/133228&tid=141
2.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/suncommentary/la-oe-ian2feb02,0,2630989.story?coll=la-headlines-suncomment
3.
http://www.latimes.com/The Battle in 64-bit Land, 2003 and Beyond http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/2325236
An anonymous reader writes "Paul DeMone has an excellent [0]article up at Real World Technologies on the future of 64bit computing. Find out where MIPS, HP, Intel, AMD, Sun, Fujitsu, and IBM are headed." Links
0. http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cfm?AID=RWT012603224711
Power Companies Offering Cable (TV, Net) Service http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/2239230
[0]MankyD writes "CNN is running an interesting story about a power
company [1]offering cheap cable and broadband internet to its
customers. What's even better is that they aren't looking to make a
profit, just break even on the venture. They estimate that they've
saved their customers $32 million. Furthermore, it's available in a
rural area where the telecomms don't offer service anyways."
Links
Nickel Sensors Could Raise Hard Disk Capacity http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/2113237
[0]Makarand writes "Tiny filaments of nickel, thinner than a wavelength
of visible light, acting as magnetic sensors may expand the storage
capacity of hard disks many times. Although, technologies exist to
increase hard disk capacity, reading data bits reliably from such disks
has proven difficult because as data bits become smaller their magnetic
fields are weaker and difficult to pick up. [1]Nickel filaments are
capable of picking up of these weak magnetic fields using a phenomenon
called "ballistic magnetoresistance" which is not completely
understood. As the sensors are only a few atoms wide the electrons
travel along a straight line in the conductor greatly enhancing the
binary signal picked up from the data bits. These sensors could also be
used to detect biomolecules in low concentrations."
Links
0. mailto:{theJunta{@}Hotmail.}
ReactOS 0.1.0 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/2031252
[0]JasonFilby writes "[1]ReactOS 0.1.0 has been released! ReactOS is an
Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system that is
compatible with Windows NT applications and drivers. In this release,
among other new features and fixes, especially worth mentioning are the
ability to boot from CD and self-hosting capabilities (ReactOS can be
compiled on ReactOS)." ReactOS has been [2]in progress for a while,
often tied to other projects with the aim of seamlessly replacing
Windows: you can download an image of Bochs 2.0 with ReactOS 0.1.0
preloaded from the [3]download and changelog page.
Links
0.
http://reactos.com
1.
http://reactos.com/
2.
https://slashdot.org/search.pl?query=reactos
3.
http://www.reactos.com/index.php?tab=software§ion=reactos
Linux.com
Dell, Sun execs trade jabs over Unix viability
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/0924255
Because Dell's systems are based on Oracle, and Oracle is available to both the Sun Solaris and Red Hat Linux environments, Mott says that Dell looked into switching to Linux. The company determined that such move would yield a configuration 89 percent faster and 41 less expensive. Keeping in mind that Dell has strategic sales relationships with both Red Hat and Oracle, it's hard to say how much of this reconfiguration is mandated. On the other ...
Slammer Didn't Hurt, But the Next One Might http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/0922256
Air traffic control wasn't compromised, but FAA worries it could happen in the future.
Space shuttle, Microsoft, KDE, GNOME, LDN http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/0921249
Anonymous Reader writes "The week that was: Shuttle tragedy to prompt reappraisal of space program? Is Microsoft security ever going to be an issue? KDE-3.1 is released; Final GNOME-2.2 candidate is, too. Linux and Main and Linux Daily News part ways"
The rise of the $99 'consumer' Linux distribution http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/1420212
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - $99, give or take $20, seems to be the new price point for full-featured, consumer-level Linux distributions. This is a great deal for non-technical users, since most of the new-wave consumer Linux products give users a much prettier and easier experience than traditional, all-GPL distributions tailored for a geeky user base. Whether or not the current explosion of Linux use by ordinary people is "good" is still ...
Genetic algorithms, the next generation
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/1355230
developerWorks writes "Looking for advanced examples of genetic algorithms with Perl? This article focuses on advanced material on genetic algorithms in Perl. Genetic algorithms have well-defined steps, and some of the code here draws upon code in the previous article without explaining the details. Before you begin, you should have Perl 5.6.0 or later installed on your system. The examples might work with earlier versions of Perl and on ...
The Big Lessons of a Little Worm
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/1139219
Even though systems engineers quickly blunted Slammer's weekend attack, that success can't hide the gaping holes in the Internet's armor.
Drupal Content Management System v4.1.0
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/1138250
Anonymous Reader writes "Version 4.1 of the Drupal open source content management system (blogs, news, publishing, discussion, etc...) was released today. It's a pretty impressive release, proving Drupal to be a real contender in the CMS world. This release includes support for user profiles, comment moderation, improved forums, an auto-throttle congestion control mechanism, improved statistics tracking, paging, various performance improvements, ...
Mandrake 9.1 Beta 3 Screenshots & Review (Rant http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/1137255
Anonymous Reader writes "I have posted some screenshots and a little review/rant of Mandrake 9.1 beta 3 at my site."
TightVNC: Remote X the fast, easy & secure way http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/1137221
Joe Barr writes "All in all, TightVNC was as easy to configure and use as it was to install, even when I opted for extra privacy by using a secure tunnel between Susan's machine and mine. Here's how I did it."
Shuttle Apparently Disintegrates
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/1633242
Space shuttle Columbia apparently disintegrated in flames over Texas minutes before it was to land Saturday in Florida. TV video showed what appeared to be falling debris, as NASA declared an emergency and sent search teams to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Thinkgeek
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Electronics: SOCOM Navy Seals for PS2
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Electronics: PowerPad Pro XBOX Controller http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/xbox/xboxhard/5bec/
Electronics: SI-5 Gen2 Speakers
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/5c86/
Electronics: Panzer Dragoon ORTA for Xbox http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/xbox/xboxsoft/5ce8/
Computing: PowerPad Extended Life Notebook Batteries http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5cec/
Computing: Glow Wire PC Lights
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5b85/
Gadgets: ER1 Personal Robot System
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5ce0/
Gadgets: Securikey Authentication System http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/5cd6/
Electronics: Infoglobe Caller ID Display http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/phones/5c83/
Computing: Dual RW DVD/CD Internal Drive http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/5c94/
Computing: ADS Firewire Drive Kit
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/5cd1/
Electronics: PS2 Network Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/ps2/ps2hard/5bd7/
Computing: Asylum GeForce Ti4600 AGP 4x
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/5ce3/
Computing: D-Link USB/FM Radio Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5cc7/
Computing: Linksys USB 2.0/Ethernet Adapter http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5c97/
Computing: Logitech Cordless Freedom Joystick http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/gaming/5cc8/
Computing: IoGear Bluetooth to USB Adapter http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5ce5/
Computing: NEC-Mitsubishi 18" LCD
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/5cc3/
Interests: QuickKill
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/leetware/5c45/
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